Adobe, Inc.

Karishma Bagga

Neha Saxena

Apoorva Arora

Kakkirala Naga Venkata Surya Maruthi Lakshman

Vaneet Mahajan

A computer implemented method and apparatus for receiving, at a first media content packager, a request for at least one of an index file of media segments or a media segment; creating, in response to the request for an index file, an index file comprising a plurality of universal resource locators (URLs); and sending, from the media content packager an error message when at least one of: (i) in response to a request for an index file, the created index file is determined to comprise media segments that have previously been sent from a media packager, or (ii) in response to a request for a media segment, at least one of the URLs in the index file references media content that is not available on the first packager, or a media segment is incomplete, wherein sending the error message results in receiving the request at a second media content packager.

Method and apparatus for supporting failover for live streaming video

A method and apparatus for improving the adaptive bit rate behavior of a streaming media player comprises receiving a media stream from a first media content provider; assessing whether the streaming media player can benefit from the use of a media stream having a higher bit rate than the stream currently being received; selecting a higher bit rate stream from a second media content provider when the player can benefit from the use of a higher bit rate stream; requesting the higher bit rate stream from the second media content provider; receiving the higher bit rate stream; and rendering the media content using the higher bit rate stream.

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Bhopal, India

Karishma Bagga